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Hi. If your talking cable length on each floor only being 50m then only have a switch on every other floor..... Half the amount of switches needed. Managed switch gives you more control over cameras ..... Much better for offsite maintenance https://www.ubnt.com/unifi-switching/unifi-switch-8-150w/

Hi. You will give yourself a headache with that many switches. Look at every other floor and for this amount of cameras I would also look at managed switch. You are right ..... Keep the CCTV to its own LAN network.

Hi. NVR is HDMI output ..... Laptop is also HDMI output..... So that will not work. Also monitor or not you still will not have access to your router from your NVR. Search for NVR over your network with laptop ..... Enter NVR IP into laptop and you will connect. Then do your port forwarding for access for wan

Hi. The alien is a bit of a pig for holding its settings. It sounds like your dvr has gone to NTSC ..... Which will give the problem your describe. Go into system settings and change NTSC to PAL

Hi. You might need a new hard drive. Also remove the DDNS account you are using and use the avermedia DDNS .... It is free and will stay . I will send a link to your pm.

Hi. Have a look at the pioneer Quattro.... It is a direct replacement for your Apollo. The pioneer takes all camera formats.

Hi. Yes you can go over 100m .... Use good baluns

Hi. That distance you are best going cvi ..... Analog HD. Using existing cable and just replace cameras and dvr. https://www.lorextechnology.com/hd-dvr-security-system/8-channel-hd-dvr-and-4-hd-1080p-cameras-with-130-night-vision/LHD84W-1-p The problem with your existing cameras is they are 380tvl ...... There is no point connecting them to a analog dvr .

Hi. Forget onboard SD cards. .... if the property has a lot going on around it ... you may need footage one day and find it over written Look for nvr with alarm input and hide that along with a gsm trigger to protect all camera cable and nvr area

Hi. What type of cameras are you using

Hi. Your existing cameras are 14 years old. Your budget is 400 for dvr. $399 gives you 4 HD cameras and a NVR with built in Poe https://www.lorextechnology.com/hd-ip-security-camera-system/4-channel-hd-security-camera-system-with-ip-cameras/HDIP44D-1-p

Hi. There are a few versions of PSS that you can use .... Sent one to your pm.

Hi $30 wifi is not going to be onvif It is not working badly...... look at camera spec..... that bad And another brand with p2p setup that you have no clue were your network is going too.

Not exactly take windows XP for example no support since 2014 but a registry hack will get you support to at least 2019. So unsupported for me means not "publicly supported" there's usually support somewhere. But you are right that the unit is old and not worth fixing, but that is what I do I fix things, I am retired and have a lot of time to play with stuff this is just the latest challenge. Thanks anyway We are not talking about a PC or Windows. Enjoy your retirement. Look up CIF recording ....... Then do something better with your retirement

Being in the computer industry for 35years ......... Then you should understand what unsupported means..... No support since 2011 IT is in the CCTV world no one wants D1 6fps or CIF @ 10 fps

No. Hence your problem ..... You also needed to know the region of your recorder.

Hi. That camera does not have IR ...... It has filter but external IR is needed ...... And you will need IR at all points you want camera to view with it being a PTZ What application is the camera for.

Again it's old ....... Yes 480fps ONLY AT CIF recording. And your last link ..... It was listed in 2012 Why are you looking to do a firmware update ??

Why do you need to update firmware ?? And your link ...... It's 4years old No one would want a D1 7fps recorder and not for $600

Hi. Your unit is too old. There is no update for old systems. Your system is not supported Time for a new recorder

Hi. Like said water damp will get to anything over time .... But same with the flimsy connectors they sometime failure . One small pot of electrical tape which does 100s of connectors ... Rj45 or coax and is even good for making camera gaskets http://www.sotabeams.co.uk/liquid-electrical-tape/

Hi. Keep it simple and keep cost down $40 for a netgear 4way Poe switch ..... Gives you 4 cameras at garage area. Then use 1 pair of netgear power over eithernet plugs from switch in garage to recorder.

OK that worked but new problem is I can't login to the DVR as it's saying login failed. It's the same on DVR's current network ( same ) it says login failed It used to work before on the same network Don't know why it's not working Hi. Go into accounts on dvr ..... Create a new one with full admin. Log out then log back with new user you created and then delete the others

Hi. Cut end off and replace with new rg45. What type of camera are you mounting. A J/ box that size will look a mess

Hi. How many of each format of a era are you using Have you tried just connecting 1 cam to your recorder to see if it gives you a image